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Everything demands so much attention - my parents, my partner, my career. How do I sort this out?

Profile: globalPoetry83
globalPoetry83 on Dec 21, 2015
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Talk to who you trust and they'll understand. You can't sort out people like books on a shelf- but you can connect with them and ask for help.
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Profile: EllaLoves
EllaLoves on Feb 8, 2016
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You need to prioritize and try to figure out what is important to you, and how to make that important to those around you. Life can be hard often but we have to push through it.
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Anonymous on Feb 22, 2016
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Sit down and make a list. Write down all the things that need to be done and/or need your attention. Then filter the things out, by how immediate they are, what requires attention immediately and what might wait a day or two. You list the things that need to be done with that system in mind but also what is important to you personally. Then you just start completing the things on the list, working your way down from top to bottom. These sort of to-do lists don't only reduce stress but also give you a sense of achievement every time you finished a task. It's a win-win.
Profile: softSpring53
softSpring53 on Mar 22, 2016
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No need to sort out anything,Each plays an important role in one's life for his/her success.Parents are your god who helped you to speak,talk and supported in every circumstances while partner is the one who carries your responsibilities as his/her and walk with you by your side.The career is your base that defines you who you are and what your place in the world
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aturquoisezebra on Apr 5, 2016
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This is a completely valid problem, and one that weighs down on most people. I think there needs to be a conscious balance between what we want to give (or what different facets of our lives demand from us), and what we can give (in a healthy capacity). Prioritise what is important to you, and what is urgent to be done, and make sure that those things are settled. But also make sure you communicate to these people that you are being pulled in several directions, and ask for their patience and understanding with regards to allocation of your time. Be empathetic as well to their frustration, because you are important to them as well.
Profile: simran14
simran14 on Nov 7, 2016
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Just try managing your time and divide it priority wise. Dont try focusing on everything together and keep your professional and personal life separate.
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Anonymous on Jan 16, 2017
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You ration out what's most important. You give attention to them in different ways, you schedule times to see them and still have time for yourself. But just don't overwhelm yourself, it'll okay and it's okay to ask for some alone time or days where you don't see your partner or your parents. Take advantage of those day offs and hours you have vacation time.
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Anonymous on Jul 4, 2017
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Compromise. I couldn't stress enough how important compromising is. You just gotta firstly know that paying attention to your partner and your career is important at the moment. Family on the other hand can be more understanding.
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Anonymous on Mar 19, 2018
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You can sort it out from managing the amount of time you put towards it, setting yourself a maximum level of expectations to help you balance out your attention in family, partner and your career.
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Anonymous on Apr 3, 2018
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By first giving your attention to yourself. Balancing everything can be overwhelming, however distributing you time for your career, your partner and family is very important(obviously if you think they are important, I think they are because you are asking this question), you don't have to be very strict with this thing but you can surely set aside some time for each one of them in the week(I'm not even saying daily) and let them know that you are feeling this way hopefully they will also understand. But before setting aside time for others, set aside some "me time" for yourself where you will just relax and do what you like, this will help you in two ways, you would be able to think clearly by being by yourself, alone and secondly after being alone for some time you would feel more relaxed and maybe even would want to spend some time with your loved ones. Hope this will help, first take care of yourself.
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